1 package org.codehaus.plexus.metadata.merge; 2 3 /* 4 * The MIT License 5 * 6 * Copyright (c) 2006, The Codehaus 7 * 8 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of 9 * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in 10 * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to 11 * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies 12 * of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do 13 * so, subject to the following conditions: 14 * 15 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 16 * copies or substantial portions of the Software. 17 * 18 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 19 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 20 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 21 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 22 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 23 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 24 * SOFTWARE. 25 */ 26 27 import org.codehaus.plexus.metadata.merge.support.Mergeable; 28 29 /** 30 * @author <a href='mailto:rahul.thakur.xdev@gmail.com'>Rahul Thakur</a> 31 */ 32 public interface MergeStrategy { 33 /** 34 * Merges a <b>dominant</b> {@link Mergeable} instance with a <b>recessive</b> one. 35 * 36 * @param dElt Dominant {@link Mergeable} instance. 37 * @param rElt Recessive {@link Mergeable} instance. 38 * @throws MergeException TODO 39 */ 40 void apply(Mergeable dElt, Mergeable rElt) throws MergeException; 41 }